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The Washington Post reports it could be ”a world-moving invention,” whose promoter says it is set to become “an alternative to products that are dirty, expensive, sometimes dangerous, and often frustrating, especially for people in the cities.”

Anything else? Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos says it’s a “product so revolutionary, you’ll have no problem selling it,” the WaPo reports. On top of that, the chief of Apple says it will “change the ways cities are designed.” And the venture capitalist John Doerr has “invested millions in it.”

The New York Times says it is ”exactly the sort of thing that gets the pulse of nerds racing,” even if widespread coverage of the unreleased product — details remain sketchy — says more about the inventor’s “ability for self-promotion” than it does about “the future of technology or public concern about the environment.”